Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-01-06
GRAPH1CS.

Tinsman for photographs.
Floyds Creek Items will appear
next week.
Mr.. Geo. Rice is quite sick with
pneumonia.
A series of meetings is in pro-
cress at the Nj. E. Church, south,
and will be continued for several
weeks.
The new mill is now
doing a heavy business in grind
ing corn and will be ready to
grind wheat in two weeks.
Richard Furnish, Miles Sells,
lice Speer and Joseph Adams, of
Schuyler county were attending
circuit court here Wednesday.
Ticket No. 437 has drawn the
gold watch at the Ladies, Bazaar.
Holder of said ticket please pre-
sent it. w. Z. BROWNING.
A cutting affray took place at
the Buchanan farm in Schuyler
county one night last week, and
Thomas Young was severely in
jured.
The mail now reaches several of
the offices of the county very
irregularly, but when the Santa Fe
is completed we expect change
for the better.
en-. HEALY, one of the fore
men of the Mendoza coal mines
was in town Monday. He reports
the coal business the best for ten
years. The Mendoza mines are
now working $50 men.
We are requested to announce
that the next social of the Young
Peoples Aid Society Of the NJ. e.
Church will be given at the resi-
denc9 of Mrs. [. ]. Dockery. All
ale cordially invited.
Monday afternoon Jasper
johnson drove up to our Office and
asked us to take a whirl about
town behind W. G. Cochran's fast
trotter, which offer we greatfully
accepted and enjoyed immensely.
There was an exceedingly affec-
Tomato leave taking at the depot
last Monday morning. The
GRAPHIC reporter tried hard not
to see it, but his cross eye got the
better of him and took in the stu
alton.
W.. L. Chappell, junior editor of
the Democrat, is in California hav-
ing a good time and enjoying the
pleasures of daily hunt. From
his letter in last weeks Democrat
We conclude that the ducks in that
4 part of the country are of a very
| peculiar kind.
Blake's weather ! predictions.
which we published some time
since stated that winter would be.
gin in earnest about December
10Th and would last till spring
and further that, spring would be
very late and backward. Farmer:
should make a note of this.
Many of the good resolutions
made the first day of the year have
already been broken before the
first week of the year is gone
However it is far better to begin
the New Year with good resolu
lions that will be broken, than t.
begin it with bad ones that viii
not be.
c. J. Pollock distributed twent,
five sacks of flour and fifty rabbit
tothe needy of the city New Year
day. When goods were bein
G delivered, many thought it tn
( work of some benevolent society
but investigation revealed that
= was gratuitous distribution G
Il the o. P. G. G. 81.
Mr.. j. F. Waddill returned fro1
Kansas week ago. He is nc
favorably impressed with tn
country. He said that in travellin
through the state it was surpris
to see large, fine towns and n
country, and that farms are no
mortgaged for all they are wort
and farmers borrowing money
0per cent month topay interes
d A very pleasing event was
turkey dinner at the residence
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Goodson, Ne
Tears day. We cannot give {
extended account of the affair
our reporter became so absorb'
IN absorbing the good things
he table that he forgot to Ia
b notes. Those present were: n
y VIM. Gill and wife, Mr.. NJ.
montgomery and daughter; W.
smith and wife, Geo. Redman a,
vie, Lewis Redman and wife, a
u Messrs John Joca,,b onJ Ton,